Letters of Two Brides by Honore de Balzac ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

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07/12/22

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Letters of Two Brides by Honore de Balzac audiobook.

Genre: romance

In post-Napoleonic France, two young women leave the sheltered world of a convent and step into adulthood with radically different dreams. Through their intimate, candid correspondence, pragmatic Renee de Maucombe and fiery Louise de Chaulieu chronicle the intoxicating freedoms and harsh constraints that greet women in a society ruled by rank, money, and marriage. Renee seeks stability and purpose in a carefully chosen union and the slow work of building a household, while Louise refuses to accept a life of duty, pursuing devotion, excitement, and the kind of love that burns through convention. As their letters accumulate over years, friendship becomes a lifeline and a battleground: each bride tests her beliefs against the other's experience, measuring happiness, ambition, motherhood, desire, and independence. Balzac turns private confession into a sweeping portrait of Restoration-era manners, exposing how power moves through drawing rooms as surely as through politics. Tender, sharp, and psychologically precise, this epistolary novel asks what it costs to live honestly when the heart and the world demand different vows.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:29:28) Chapter 2

(00:42:40) Chapter 3

(00:53:36) Chapter 4

(01:02:41) Chapter 5

(01:15:46) Chapter 6

(01:30:30) Chapter 7

(01:46:22) Chapter 8

(01:54:15) Chapter 9

(01:58:06) Chapter 10

(02:04:40) Chapter 11

(02:05:43) Chapter 12

(02:32:34) Chapter 13

(02:53:33) Chapter 14

(02:57:27) Chapter 15

(03:18:25) Chapter 16

(03:22:44) Chapter 17

(03:27:11) Chapter 18

(03:35:41) Chapter 19

(03:48:41) Chapter 20

(03:55:09) Chapter 21

(04:08:17) Chapter 22

(04:16:01) Chapter 23

(04:24:58) Chapter 24

(04:41:51) Chapter 25

(04:46:43) Chapter 26

(04:58:24) Chapter 27

(05:11:07) Chapter 28

(05:22:09) Chapter 29

(05:26:07) Chapter 30

(05:31:32) Chapter 31

(05:46:36) Chapter 32

(05:54:58) Chapter 33

(05:57:17) Chapter 34

(05:57:56) Chapter 35

(06:03:51) Chapter 36

(06:16:04) Chapter 37

(06:18:16) Chapter 38

(06:20:09) Chapter 39

(06:24:18) Chapter 40

(06:35:00) Chapter 41

(06:39:47) Chapter 42

(06:41:48) Chapter 43

(06:45:11) Chapter 44

(06:47:58) Chapter 45

(07:03:42) Chapter 46

(07:12:12) Chapter 47

(07:13:52) Chapter 48

(07:37:34) Chapter 49

(07:44:25) Chapter 50

(07:48:03) Chapter 51

(07:59:34) Chapter 52

(08:18:02) Chapter 53

(08:25:30) Chapter 54

(08:51:08) Chapter 55

(08:57:11) Chapter 56

(08:58:41) Chapter 57

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The Odyssey by Homer ~ Full Audiobook [poetry]

July 12, 2022

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677m

The Odyssey by Homer audiobook.

Genre: poetry

The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer. The poem is commonly dated to between 800 and 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, and concerns the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus in his long journey back to his native land Ithaca after the fall of Troy.

It takes Odysseus ten years to return to his native land of Ithaca after ten years of war; during his 20-year absence, his son Telemachus and his wife Penelope must deal with a group of unruly suitors who have moved into Odysseus' home to compete for Penelope's hand in marriage, since most have assumed that Odysseus has died.

The poem is a fundamental text in the Western canon and continues to be read in both Homeric Greek and translations around the world.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:24:47) Chapter 02

(00:49:33) Chapter 03

(01:17:27) Chapter 04

(02:03:22) Chapter 05

(02:30:04) Chapter 06

(02:49:25) Chapter 07

(03:08:52) Chapter 08

(03:39:54) Chapter 09

(04:11:37) Chapter 10

(04:42:09) Chapter 11

(05:15:54) Chapter 12

(05:41:16) Chapter 13

(06:04:52) Chapter 14

(06:34:19) Chapter 15

(07:03:01) Chapter 16

(07:28:49) Chapter 17

(08:01:44) Chapter 18

(08:25:20) Chapter 19

(09:00:20) Chapter 20

(09:22:34) Chapter 21

(09:45:32) Chapter 22

(10:10:34) Chapter 23

(10:31:25) Chapter 24

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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle ~ Full Audiobook [folklore]

July 12, 2022

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673m

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle audiobook.

Genre: folklore

Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero; a courteous, pious and swashbuckling outlaw of the mediæval era who, in modern versions of the legend, is famous for robbing the rich to feed the poor and fighting against injustice and tyranny. He operates with his 'seven score' (140 strong) group of fellow outlawed yeomen – named the Merry Men. He and his band are usually associated with Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire.

The Victorian era generated its own distinct versions of Robin Hood. The traditional tales were often adapted for children, most notably in Howard Pyle's Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. These versions firmly stamp Robin as a staunch philanthropist, a man who takes from the rich to give to the poor.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:27:39) Chapter 02

(00:56:31) Chapter 03

(01:28:30) Chapter 04

(01:54:27) Chapter 05

(02:17:13) Chapter 06

(02:36:04) Chapter 07

(03:00:03) Chapter 08

(03:19:38) Chapter 09

(03:45:11) Chapter 10